Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Google distributed some 5,000 Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 to attendees of the sold-out Google I/O 2011 developer conference Tuesday in San Francisco. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 runs Honeycomb, the newest edition in the Google Android mobile operating system.
The system is named after its 10.1 inch display screen, and is available in 16GB or 32GB variations. Powered by a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, the unit delivers display resolution of 1280×800 pixels, 1080p video recording and playback, an 8 megapixel rear camera with the LED flash, as well as a 2 megapixel front digital camera. It can be rumored the Tab’s pricing will start off at $399 prior to taxes, but Samsung hasn’t formally confirmed wherever it’ll be offered or for just how much.
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Six Advantages `The Bees Nest` Android Honeycomb
Google Android had officially introduced the Honeycomb or the ‘beehive’ as the operating system for tablets. For most brand-new tablet operating system, here are 6 advantages Honeycomb compared with other Android. Reported by Computerworld a week ago, here’s some interesting things from Android Honeycomb.
Better Switching and better multitasking
Android is the leader in multitasking applications, and honeycomb was again enhanced. In Honeycomb users can easily switch applications by simply touching an icon in the system bar. After that then you will see a thumbnail of the application running.
Better capability to vary Widget
Capability against a variety of widgets promised would be more indulgent of its users. For example widget to display Google’s Gmail e-mail, users do not need to open the Gmail application to browse in it, just need to scrolling of the widget only. Another benefit is, it is hoped the developers could create applications that are increasingly attractive.
Increased ability to Copy-Paste
Several previous Android series was already able to do copy-paste, but some users questioned the text selection problem which is rather difficult. Now it is trying to be resolved, in addition to copy-paste the Google also added to share it on the selected text.
Chrome is a better browser
There is one missing feature that is placed in the Chrome browser on Android earlier, the ability Tab. Yes, that is in Honeycomb Chrome can now do so. In addition users can also synchronize between the browser on the phone with Chrome on the computer.
Notifications more ‘sounds’
With a bigger screen, automatically Google will have more flexibility to place notification on the screen.
Improved Drag and Drop and Multitouch
Larger screen sizes, to sue Google to improve the multitouch capabilities in Android, not to mention the features drag and drop. In the demo shown, the user can drag and drop to move emails in Gmail application.
Having Honeycomb Google Is Ready To Persue iPad
Android version 3.0 or Honeycomb was officially launched by Google. They have showcased a preview of the OS in tablet Motorola Xoom. Honeycomb staying flagshipped to undermine the dominance of Apple in the realm of tablets. Honeycomb was specifically intended for tablet devices that use a large screen and higher computing capability. But some analysts to assess the presence of Honeycomb will not necessarily change the market mapping.
According to them, this (Honeycomb) did little to shorten the gap. But there was nothing in it that would make them queueing for it, said analyst Colin Gilis of BCG, with references from the queues that occur when launching the iPad.
Quoted by Reuters last week, Apple still straddling in the realm of Android tablets. But Apple was not able to pursue Android in the smartphone market, which had just overthrown the most popular Symbian OS in the world. Google’s ambition to beat iPad tablet market will depend on support from the manufacture of Honeycomb, telecommunication operators and application developers makers. Google currently had more than 100 thousand applications for Android, still less with applications for Apple’s which counted to 300 thousand .
With the introduction of Honeycomb, the big vendors were expected to soon release a tablet-based OS ‘beehive’ is the latest in mid-2011. Motorola Xoom for example, would start shipping in the first quarter of this year.
